Markakis Signs with Braves, Adam Jones Freaks Out

We just officially lost our longest-tenured Oriole, right fielder Nick Markakis, to the Atlanta Braves. Reportedly, he signed a $44 million, four-year contract. The Orioles’ offer was just $4 million shy.

Why would the Orioles let him go? According to “major-league sources,” the team was concerned about a 2013 herniated disk diagnosis. Which, by the way, certainly didn’t add up to much of anything these past two seasons, during which he played almost every game.